The Essayist's Notebook

This is an ambition for five websites and a short link domain.

Together they publish essays, explore the craft of essay writing, and encourage others to engage in the practice. Each serves a different purpose. Let's start with chat, and get you engaged...

substack.essayism.org Letter From An Essayist. A place for conversation and chat about essayism. On reflection, perhaps not the best title. But for anyone wanting to chat. This is the place to visit. The Chat page for Letter From An Essayist

esy.ie · The Essayist's Notebook. A personal notebook with public access. A place to record thoughts, notions and realisations as they arrive. Fragments, observations and questions. Nothing more. The notebook is already underway, with several new posts appearing each week. The Essayist's Notebook

essayist.ie · Learning the Craft. A record of what I have learned about essay writing. Part reflection, part practical guide, it explores the craft of constructing and delivering essays, and the lessons discovered along the way. Planned launch: before the end of 2026. Bits are already arriving. The Essayist

essays.ie · Essays. A home for essays that do not naturally belong elsewhere. The more reflective pieces. The longer explorations. The essays that sit outside Marshall on Policy, The Marshall Review, and An Activist's Notebook. The foundation essays are already in place; others are slowly maturing. Essays

essayism.org · Exploring Essayism. A publication about reflective writing and the tradition of essaying. It asks what connects essays, essayists and the practice of inquiry through writing. Part definition, part method, part continuing investigation. It provides a home for ideas that sit behind and alongside the other publications. And gives me the opportunity to explore the dispositions and creations of other essayists Essayism

esx.ie – the short domain name that provides the connective tissue between the sites. It starts “es” as all the domain do, and offers “x” as a generic symbol for the remainer of the names. I cannot be held responsible for other peoples perception. The link verification page

Progress

esy.ie: active and growing. essays.ie: foundation collection established. essayist.ie: planned and expected to emerge before 2027. essayism.org : active and growing substack.essayism.org – Launched, but lonely. esx.ie : doing it's job.

Together, the three core sites explore not simply essays as a form of writing, but the essay as a way of thinking. The fourth essayism.org explores the tradition, practice, and purpose of inquiry through writing; and the fifth provides and opportunity for discussion and conversation. David Marshall Sna Sceirí